Quoting Christian PERRIER (2014-05-06 07:32:58) > I actually wonder whether it is really a good idea to *depend* on > packages. We should maybe only *recommend* this in order to avoid > o-f-d-t to be in danger as soon as one of the packages in the toolkit > is RC-buggy in the distribution. > > So, the fix might be "s/Depends:/Recommends:" I believe broken recommendations is an RC bug too. It might be that current auto-removal scripts don't include that, but that would then arguably be a bug in itself: If you want to not rely on the existence of a package, you need to suggest it (or use Enhances: for the inverse relation where appropriate). - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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